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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-29

Are you disturbed OF night and broken
OF your rest by a sick child suffering and
crying with pain Of cutting teeth? II
50. Send at once and yet q bottle OF Mrs,
WIEsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILD.
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d%yaentery and diarrhes, regulates tho
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sofsena the gums, reduces Inflammation
and gives tone and energy to this whole
system. Nina. WINsLow'sS Soothing SYRUP
FOR CHILDREN TgErHlNG is pleasant 10 the
taste, and is the prescription of one Of the
Oldest and best female nursos and physi-
Clans in tho United States, and is for sale
by. all druggista throughout the world.
Price 25 cents a bottle. Mwstw
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Funeral OF MIR. A. 7, baird.

The funeral Of A. Todd Baird, men.
ton OF whose death was made in Satur.
days ISTKLLlGENoER, took place yeater-
terday afternoon. The services were con.
Quoted in the chapel Of the First Preaby.
terrain church at Washington, byDr. Jas.
I: Brownaon. Appropriate remarks we're
also made by DR.. Mofiat and DR.. Woods.
Out Of respect to the deceased the usual
College exercises we're suspended, thus
giving the students an opportunity to at
tend the funeral. The large attendance
testified to the great esteem and respect
which the whole community bore for Mr.,
Baird. His loss is felt by all who knew
him, both the residents Of Washington
and the students OF the College. Mr..
Baird waa born in Washington Ssptem.
Der IS, 1881. In 1886 his home was
changed 10 Wheeling. At the age of II
he graduated from Washington College.
The law was his chosen profession, Int
he abandoned it to 90 into business with,
his father, whom he succeeded in 1850.
His business life has been one OF marked
integrity and fidelity, and as Treasurer Of
Washington and Jefferson College he has
attended to the duties OF his Office with
the same care which his private affairs Re.
He leaves 3 wife and SIX chil.
dren to mourn his losa.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-29
NATURAL GAS WELLS.
NEW noAREns Fon WHEELING
Come In In tho Washington Field, and one
Nearer Home Comes and Goes out Again,
The McGraw's Haa Camfany-Cap
liatchelorin Town. Benwood Loop

Recently the we'll being sunk a lew
miles east OF this city by the McGraw's
Run Oil and Gas Company struck the sec.
ond vein Of natural gas at a depth Of about
one thousand feet, and Issued from tho
well at d proportionate pressure. It was
estimated that there was enough pas 10
operate one or two small factories or heat
ten or a dozen Dwellings,. OF course It
would not pay to pipe this amount Of gas
to the city, 60 boring was continued. At
a depth OF 1880 feet something very un.
usual in this locality occurred-a vein Of
frrBh water was pierced. This caused the
sides Of the hole to cave in somewhat, and
shut OF the gus. The hole has been
cleaned out, however, and boring resumed.
Tho well ID now down about ] 800 feet.
and the prospects arc considered bright
Tor q paying gas strike.
Recently the Wheeling Natural Gas
Company, finished their No. II we'll on the
Mercer tract, near the Mcknight corner.
and 1t was believed to bs q DRY hole.
superintendent Ross decided, however,
that 1t would pay to 20 down further, and
when the drill descended about 20 feet
deeper a strong flow Of gas was obtained.
The we'll IL about up to the average Of the
Hickory field. Afe+ae 9d" tFtf
Tbs Natural Gas Company Of West vir.
ginia on Saturday struck an extraordinari.
" strong flow Of gas in a new we'll on the
Parkinson farm. Both these gushers are
intended for the Wheeling lines II their
gas shall ever be needed here.
Captain O. W. Bachelor. President, and
Mr.. Heard, Secretary, Of the West Vir.
ginia Company, cams down from Pitts.
burgh yesterday. Their principal Grand
here Ia to arrange to put In tho additional
line from the Riverside company's line
above Bsnwood to the 'Benwood Nail
Works md Wheeling Steel Plant, 80 as to
form a loop, and allow the gas 10 circu.
late. 40 1t now Is these two large con.
cerns are entirely supplied with fuel from
the %compsny's one line Of pipe, and It is
difficult to keep up the pressure at the
point Of supply. With the two lines con.
nected at tho lover end this difficulty will
be overcome. 5'!
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A Battle on the Chesapeake.

BALTIMORE. March 2:S.-The oyster
punsy, Martha L. Moore, Captain Thorn
as Gibbons, was fired into last night at 10
o'clock while dredging at Love Point, of
the mouth OF Chester River, in the Cles-
epeake Bay, by a vessel supposed 10 be
the oyster police schooner. Mary Comp
ton, Captain J.. B. Wilson.
Captain Gibbons was wounded in the
muscles OF the right arm, and Eras.us
Leeae, one OF the crew, was shot in the
right shoulder. The cabin and sails Of
the Moore were riddled with bullets. The
Martha E. Moore arrived in port to-day,
and the wounded men were taken to the
Marine Hospital. Leese belongs in YORK,
Pa. Captain Gibbon1 ia q Bsltimorean,
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ABOUT PEOPLE.
:, TEUTLE.
Strangers In tho City and Wheeling Folk

Strangers Ia tho City and Wheeling Folks
Abroad.
United States Marshal Sshou ia at the
Stamm. t'g,l'.
ON. Koon, OF Warrington, was in the
city yesterday.
Miss Lizzie Madison, Of Philadelphia, is
q guest Of Island friends.
Capt. Asa Booth left for Chicago last
evening on a short business trip.
Deputy United States Marshal Mehen
was at the Howell House yesterday.
Edward Mcdonnell, OF the Missouri Pa.
ciic Railroad Company, is at the Howell
House.
MI. A. W. Campbsll returned yesterday
from his southern sojourn, and is al
the Stamm house.
Hon. Caleb Boggess, Of Clarksburg, who
is here attending United States Court, is
registered at the Stamm House.
Judge John J. Jackson and Clerk Jas.
pei. Y. Moore, Of the United States Dis
trict Court, are at the st, James.
Mr.. J. P. Gilchrist and sister left over
the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati 4 St. Louis
road last evening tor Los Angeles on a
pleasure trip.
E. NJ. Statler, formerly clerk at the Nc.
Lure House, now clerk Of the Hotel Buch-
tel, Akron, Ohio, is among his many
Wheeling friends.
Mr.. John A. Peyton, Of the St. Albert
hotel, Charleston, is in the city. Mr..
Peyton is as clever a man as ever presided
ut the desk Of q hostelry. s
Mrs. W. H. Siviter, Of Pittsburgh, (nee
Miss Pierpont, Of Fairmont) was in the
city last evening, the guest Of Miss Mollie
Frew, on her way home after a visit to
her father.
Mr.. Joseph A. Larkin returned home
on Friday last from the East, where he
went with his brother Ed, formerly OF
this city, to assist him in buying a stock
Of dry goods Tor hia new store in Omaha,
Neb. While East they purchased over
$4,000 worth OF stock. M. George
Christleib, Of Rhodes & Co., will leave Tor
Omaha IN a few days, whore he has
accepted a situation in Mi. Larkin's new
store.
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BooMs.
int cat Shaw No tiround for hers fiks
I the Ohio ynllpy.

va" ahoW No hrnuuu LOT nefb Akc
the Ohio Valley.
In his latest letter to the st. Louis ige
Of Steel, Mr.. P. II. Moore C"Cold Shorty
has tho following readable paragraphs,
all gospel truths:l
Good iron, according to Colonel ]. W.
sloss, q veteran furnaceman OF Birming.
ham, can be mado there Tor $ll 90, with.
out counting tho interest on HIS $500 900
investment In bis plant, al item OF be-
tween $4,000 and SO 600, which should
be added. Mr.. 7. T. Hitlnan, the pioneer
turnnceman OF the same city, claims that
Sl2 81 is tho lowest that iron eau DO made
for there. This figure, the grade
aud quality OF iron made, fs not remsrka.
PIC. No. Bessemes, msdeot G5 per cent
Lake ores, has been made In tho Wheel
ing, West Virginia district, for $l4 80;
comparing grades, qualities and intrinsic
values, this Is more remarkable than tho
birmingham claims. Labor, tho cheap
ening element in Birmingham iron pro.
duction, has become civilized, and men
Will not work there any moro for from 60
cents to 81 per day. Like ull bslIooniny,
too much gas will buiat the bag some day.
In the meantime, men are seduced from
profitable, active and permanent business
occupations and employment by these
false claims aud Misrepresentation, and
by this the harm ia done. Why not rath-
or have atabte, substantial progress, based
on tangible. realistic advantages? II
slow, they are sure, neverthelesa. There
is as much probability Of Alabama's
eclipsing the fame and property OF this
upper Ohio valley rs there Is Of the Mipsis.
slppl and Ohio rivsrB interchanging cur.
rents. ULis
In this Upper OHIO Valley nature has
created uumistakable advantages and IA.
c%ilitles, marking 1t as the region pre.emi-
neut for iron, steel and glasa manufactur.
Ing. Within the last few daya a new nat.
ural gas field has been developed twelve
miles below Wheeling, on the Ohio rive-.
Thus this diatrict ia being gradually encir.
cled by living fountains Of this wonderful
natural fuel, increasing The supply and re.
moving the possibility Of its ultimate fail.
IRE away of to r period in The, as yet un-
dreamed OF, future, when the schemes and
accomplishments OF this generation will
BIO remembered only by tradition. Allied
to the manufacturing advantages and
t~ransportstive facilities possessed by this
district, and they are as pro!use 40 isdesifa.
bic, even in this age of swift progress and
quick accomplishments, is a soil wonder.
deriully prolific in yielding all the best
varieties Of cereals, fruits and vegetables
indigenous to North America. It's verify
an agricultural country, which l''lsuehs
with exuberance when tickled by the
p!ow:" Tho surplus agricultural product
OF this section would suetain the whole
State OF Alabama. Those Wea.ern booms
are more scantily fledged than their Ala
batna contemporary, and they will pro-
duce aitermaths Of regret sooner.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-29

A Chill Tor IL Day OF Prayer and Thanks.
giving for Michigan and West Virginia.
To Vest Virginia Unions:
In response to a call by our national
officers for q special day Of prayer on
March Goth for the adoption Of the Amend.
ment in Michigan, which is to bs voted on
April 4th aud in view OF the recent
victories in Temperance Legislation in
our own State, all Unions and friends Of
Prohibition are cslled upon to observe
that day IS a special season OF prayer for
the work in Michigan aud Thanksgiving
for the submission of tho Amendment
and the adoption OF Scientific Temper.
snce Instruction in our own State.
In response to this call the Wheeling
Union will hold a prayer meeting in
Fourth Street NJ. E. Church this after
noon, from three to five o'clock, in which
all friends OF the temperance CAUSE are
cordially invited to be present.
JANE a. JOHNSON,
President West Virginia w. G. r. u,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-29

A Reliable Concern,

In another column OF this mornings
paper appears the advertisement of the
National Lie Insurance Company of Yer
mont. No company operating in Wheel
ing has been able to make o more favor
able showing than this ,old.establiehed,
reliable and c~onservatively managed or
ganization. It ranks among the best life.
insurance corporations, and in its thirty
seven years Of operation has extended the
fame OF its good qualities and recon-
mendations to public favor far and wide.
The 1STELLIdENcEE takes pleasure in
recommending it.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-29
Iron Work Tor Pittsburgh.

A. J. Sweeney & Son are engaged, at
their South Side foundry and machine
shops, in making a large amount OF heavy
iron work for a plate glass works to be
erected near Pittsburgh. The contracts
require the works to be- completed ready
to 10 to work by June |, and 60 great was
the amount OF work to DO done that the
order had TO be split up among several
Pittsburgh concerns and the Sweeneys.
The latter firm will turn out a large
amount Of cast iron work hesides much
wrought iron and machinery.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-29

BERLIN, March IS Reischtag to-
day passed to its third reading the budget,
with the budget bills and the loan bill.
on motion Q! DR.. Windtborst, the present
President and Vice President Of The
k~slschta2 were reelected by reclamation
for the remainder Of the session. The
R%elschtsg then adjourned over the Easter
holidays. The next citing will be on
April 10. ..-H 30" 80
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-29
Tho Wheeling Clothing Comuany

. -
requests your attention to the following:
NJ. j.. Brilles, our manager, reports the
following inventory Of goods yet on hand;
. childs' quits, costing from IS to 81.
50 school suits, costing from IS to slo.
Is boys suite costing from 81 to Sl9.
ESQ mems suits, costing from Sc to sis.
400 overcoats, costing from Sl3 to SO.
This amount seems large to he disposed
Of in one weeks time, but sold then musi be
by April 2. which, we think, can easily
be accomplished by cutting the prices
down to less than half thei. original cost.
You Will never again haye such a CHANGE,
We will, therefore, request you 10 cali
early, examine our goods and prices.
which will certainly convince YOU that
We mean what We my. We have seleeted
one bundled light colored spriup snita
costing from $40 to SIS, OF which We viii
offer you your choice for only IS. Wa
have tive special clerks for today and will
to accommodate all who favor us viii
call. WnEELISaC CLOTHING COMPANY.
u. BRlLLEs, Manager,
lbs Main street.
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No Aid for Anarchists.

The Ohio Valley Trades Assembly, in
it's session at Martins Ferry Sunday, took
no uncertain action with reference to the
circular soliciting aid for the Chicago An
archists. All motions to table the matter
or postpone it in any way were promptly
voted down, and q motion to refuse point
blank the appeal for assistance was carried
by q large majority.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-29
Glass blowers Exhibit.

Prof. Re;ch's party Of bohemian glass
blowers will open at McLain's Hall, en-.
trance on Twelfth street near Market, this
evening, their entertaining and instruct.
i've exhibition Of fancy glass making. Few
exhibitions are more interesting or more
useful as IN object Lesson to youth. Pres.
ents are distributed smong the audience
from the articles made during the sessions.
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THE CITY FINANCES.
THE COUNCIL coMMlrrEE's WORK
OF Making mn Estimate Of the A%ppropria.
lions for ths Current Year. Completed
at Last Nights Meeting -flre De-
uartmdnt,s Allowance Increased.

Another important meeting O 1.-THE Coun-
Gil Committee on Finances was held at the
Office OF City Clerk Boworu last evening.
There were present Chairman Dobbins
and Mensrs. Kenney, Jaeger, Terrell and
Cruise, City Clctk Bowers and Solicitor
Caldwell and Mr.. Elson, the clerk. The
meeting was held for the purpose Of COM
pleting the annual appropriation ordi.
nance, a work that was begun and nearly
completed at a meeting held ten days ago.
This ordinance, under the provisions OF
the restraining ordinance, must be com.
pleted and laid before Council at It's first
meeting in April-tho second Tueaday OF
the month. Last night tho committee
completed the work Of distributing the es.
! timated revenues Of tho year 1887 and the
| Solicitor was furnished with the neces
ssry data from which to frame the sppro.
| pristion ordinance. The committee will
meet again Friday evening TO hear thu
ordinance read, and 1t, 10 not improbable
that ut tbst time certain action taken las
night with reference 10 the distribution o
tho amount appropriated to the Board o
Public Works will DO amended. Tht
plan adopted last evening did not NEE
with universal favor. In whatever shap,
the committee may finally decide to re
port the appropriations made to the Boar
OF Public Works, there Ia almost certain
to BIO q lively racket over the matter IL
| Nnnucil.
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work, that II was not equitable from the
point OF taxation, and In view Of improve.
mcnts already made and those that were
needed, and that It made the improvement
Of Main and Market streets impossible.
Shortly before II o'clock tho committee
adjourned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-29

WE have introduced q new system Of
selling Watches on the installmcnt plan
whereby You can secure a watch Ut once
III easy payments. Call and Investigate.
JACOB ". GRUHB, Jeweier,
Cor. Twelfth md Market Sts,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-29

81 HAD rather be a kitten and cry new"
than groau all night and scold all day With
neuralgia, when one little bottle Of sslva-
ton Oil would make me gentle and well.
Pussy, wouldn't you?
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TIE greatest bargain ever offered in
Wheeling ut the BoN-ToN, ll4o Main
street, until further notice:
200 dozan pure Silk Mitts in all celoys,
only 10 cents q pair.
This aale is limited to two pair to one
customer On any one day.
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Indications.

WASHINGTON, D. O., March 29.-For West
Virginia and Western Pennsylvania, fair
weather, becoming warmer, northwestern
ly winds, becoming variable.
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Knnsnro0 Adimstnble Congress

for gentlemen, can be used either as a
Lace or Congress Shoe. ANY psrRou
having q swollen ankle or instep, it is just
the shoe for them. j. W. AMIcK,
GUS 11i3 Main Street.
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We have Just received a fRll line OF
SPRING 0VERCOATiNGS, and are In
daily receipt OF the latest Novelties In
Spring Suitings.
Also, on hand II handsome limo Of Neck.
wear and Gentlcmen's Furnishing Goods.
G. HESS & SONS,
H., No. 1921 Market Street,
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TONIGHT and Wednesday matinee.
1.-THE Octoroon, Dion Boucicault's strong.
est and best drama. Great scenic effects
and magnificent tableaux, including the
burning Of the steamer magnolia"
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Egg poachcrs -Ncsbltl 4 Bro.
New Art Htore-E. l., Eicoll.
WRntcd-Agcnts.
Stnyed or Stolen-Cow. '..
Notice Masonic Temple Association Stock.
Save Your Eyes-l. O.. Dillon.
Grand Opera H%ouse-Ihc Melville Sisters
Fourth page.
National Lie Insurance Company OF Vermont
Fourth pasC.
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MATINEE MoDERNE at Prof. Armstrong;
studio this afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Bene-
dt Woman's Exchange. a few single ad-
missions will be sold at 80 cents each,
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SEE our stock OF Carpets. Rugs and
Lace Curtains before buying. It will pay
you. 6ToSx 4 THOMAS,
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AT SC cents We will sell Carpets usually
sold at Us cents. sToSE 4 THoIAs.
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Rev: JouN scARLErr, E. Orange, N. J.,
tells OF 9 cure from Bsrbet's Itch by Pal.
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As reported by Christian schnepf, drug
gist, Opera House corner, yesterday:
I AN 9A.H. y n. 3r.M. 7P.X.
80 81 $50 &o So
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No .SAusEops drug. Red Star Cough
Cure pleasant, prompt, eafe. Twenty-Five
cents,
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STREET cAR-open window-stiE neck,
st. Jacobs Oil cures stiffness Of muacles,
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LARGEST line Of Carpets in the State to
select from at %SroNr 4 THouAs'.
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HOUSE, NEW YORK.

IMMENSE line Of Smyrna Rugs at
STONE 4 Thomas.
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Throughout the United States,
Colgate's Toilet Soaps sre acknowledged
the pureat and best-Cashmere Bouquet
the most popular. Msrh
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These Two increases, sl,SCO, naturally
had to come OH the amount allowed the
Board OF Public Works-s62,5 l7 81 exclu-
sive Of the estimated contingent fund OF
s24 ,392 q. Included in the first amount
is the fund from the 10 cent levy for new
work, providing that such q levy is laid,
and there is no doubt that it will be. This
fund, it is estimated, will amount to
$4,000 this year. The 81, 800 taken from
the a62,5l7 81 leaves $6l, 2l7 81 to BIZ ap.
%propriated for new work.
MIR. Jaeger moved that the ma!ter oil
expanding this amount be left to the
Board. 1t Was composed Of men compe.
tent to do this: the Board had been Gre.
ated in order that such 4 plan might be
pursued. Why make street superintend.
ents out Of them? The plan he proposed,
he stated further, would have been the
proper one last year, even il, under the
plan Of Council directing the improve.
ments his ward had Jared we'll. This year
the Board should be allowed TO put a main
and much used ~thoroughiare In good con-
dition. III
No n seconded Mr.. Jaeger'e motion.
Mr.. Dobbins recalled last years fight over
this very question, and that it had been
decided that the Council could direct,
Mr.. Jaeger advanced further arguments
against such procedure.
The work OF parcelling out the cash Yves
then begun. Attention was first paid to
work ordered done last year, and that had
either been|partially doneo or contracted tor,
For paving with brick Fourteenth street
from Chspline to Wood, $4,000 and rs
much more as may be necessary. For
completing tho main street improvement
from Ninth to Third streets, $1,000. For
completing paving Of Alley is, $500. South
Front street, Island, which was ordered
.graveled last year, but which was not done
and which the State Fair Association ask
ed to be paved, WAS passed oyer entirely.
For completing the East Wheeling i'm
provement, $500 was appropriated, 5000
to ba taken IRON the l0.cent levy.
These appropriations left Sii,7l2S7 to
be devoted entirely to new work.
Mr.. Jaeger renewed his motion 10 leave
to the Board the disposing Of this amount
and was sscin defeated.
Mr.. Cruise moved that this amount be
equally among the wards, cna that
to the Roard be left tie disposing Of these
amounts, about 5000 for each ward, This
motion prevailed, Notwithstanding the al.
,umeuts that it would result in patch.